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Five Naogaon BCL leaders expelled
09:58 PM, 29 Jul 2021 ThursdayFive leaders of Bangladesh Chhatra League's Naogaon district unit have been expelled from the party for their involvement in activities that are contrary to the organization's policy and discipline...
BB re-fixes interbank transactions duration in lockdown
08:23 PM, 29 Jul 2021 ThursdayBangladesh Bank (BB) today re-fixed the duration of interbank transactions during the ongoing lockdown to halt the sharp rise of COVID-19 in the country...
40 killed, 150 missing in Afghanistan floods
08:04 PM, 29 Jul 2021 ThursdayAt least 40 people have been killed with 150 more missing in northern Afghanistan after flash floods ravaged an area northeast of the capital Kabul, officials said on Thursday...
239 more die of Covid-19 in 24 hrs
07:14 PM, 29 Jul 2021 ThursdaySome 239 more people died from coronavirus in Bangladesh in the past 24 hours, taking the death toll to 20,225. During the period, 15,271 more people were diagnosed with the virus, raising the total infection to 12,26,253, the health directorate said in a press release on Thursday...
194 more hospitalized with dengue fever in 24 hrs
06:33 PM, 29 Jul 2021 ThursdayAs many as 194 people with dengue fever were admitted to different hospitals in and outside the capital in the last 24 hours until Thursday morning...
DU BCL leader sent to jail in extortion case
05:56 PM, 29 Jul 2021 ThursdayA court in Dhaka on Thursday sent a Dhaka University Chhatra League leader to jail in a case filed for extortion and beating...
Minimum age limit for vaccination now 25
04:45 PM, 29 Jul 2021 ThursdayThe government has reduced the age limit for receiving the coronavirus vaccine to 25 from 30. From now on, people aged 25 and above can register for inoculation. Changes have also been brought to Surokkha, a government app for vaccine registration, fixing the new minimum age limit...
Malaysian PM faces calls to resign after palace rebuke
04:05 PM, 29 Jul 2021 ThursdayMalaysian Prime Minister Muhyiddin Yassin faced calls to resign on Thursday from the opposition and the biggest bloc in the ruling coalition, after a rebuke by the king over the government's handling of emergency ordinances...
Diya’s Olympic journey ends
03:24 PM, 29 Jul 2021 ThursdayThe promising archer made an auspicious start in the first set by winning 23-22 set points, but she could not keep the tempo as she lost the second set closely 25-26 points...
8.2 magnitude earthquake off Alaskan peninsula, tsunami warning
02:40 PM, 29 Jul 2021 ThursdayA shallow 8.2 magnitude earthquake struck off the Alaskan peninsula late Wednesday, the United States Geological Survey said, prompting a tsunami warning...
Google workers will need Covid jabs to return to office
02:12 PM, 29 Jul 2021 ThursdayGoogle workers will need to be vaccinated before returning to the office, the US tech giant has said...
3 killed as covered van hits tractor in Cumilla
12:38 PM, 29 Jul 2021 ThursdayThree people were killed when a covered-van hit a sand-laden tractor on Dhaka-Chattogram at Harikhola Majar area in Chandina upazila of Cumilla on Thursday morning...
RMCH records 17 more fatalities at Covid-19 unit
11:51 AM, 29 Jul 2021 ThursdayA number of 17 more people, including eight female, died at Covid-19 unit of Rajshahi Medical College and Hospital (RMCH) during the last 24 hours till 6 am today, taking the death toll to 509, so far, this month against total 405 in June...
Sydney posts record daily Covid-19 cases
10:45 AM, 29 Jul 2021 ThursdayThe Covid-19 Delta outbreak in Australia's biggest city Sydney grew by 239 cases on Thursday, the highest daily rise since the pandemic started, and forcing authorities to increase police powers to shut down businesses not complying with lockdown measures...
China expanding its nuclear capabilities, scientists say
10:06 AM, 29 Jul 2021 ThursdayChina is expanding its capacity to store and launch nuclear missiles, US scientists say. Satellite images from Xinjiang province in the west of the country suggest it is building a nuclear missile silo field, a report from the Federation of American Scientists (FAS) says...
US sanctions Syrian regime prisons, officials
09:21 AM, 29 Jul 2021 ThursdayThe US sanctioned on Wednesday a slew of Syrian entities, including eight Syrian regime prisons and five senior officials in charge of the facilities...
Pfizer raises coronavirus vaccine sales forecast to $33.5B for 2021
09:00 AM, 29 Jul 2021 ThursdayPfizer raised its revenue forecast from coronavirus vaccine sales to $33.5 billion for 2021, according to financial results statement released Wednesday. The US pharmaceutical firm's previous estimates were $26 billion and $15 billion, made in May and February, respectively...
Covax expecting 250 mn donated doses in 6-8 weeks: WHO
09:54 PM, 28 Jul 2021 WednesdayCovax is expecting to receive 250 million donated Covid-19 vaccine doses over the next six to eight weeks, the World Health Organization said Wednesday...
New mobile financial service ‘tap’ launched
09:15 PM, 28 Jul 2021 WednesdayTrust Bank and Asian tech giant Axiata on Wednesday launched new mobile financial and payment service Trust Axiata Pay, styled as ‘tap’ in a bid to expand mobile based transactions...
‘Shocking’: South Africa slams Israel’s AU observer status
08:57 PM, 28 Jul 2021 WednesdaySouth Africa’s government says it was “appalled” by the African Union Commission’s decision last week to grant Israel observer status at the African bloc...